Elections in Germany: SPD and Olaf Solz remain first, according to a poll

Just before elections on Sunday in Germany the Social Democratic Party (SPD) remains first in voters’ preferences, according to opinion polls.

According to a poll conducted by the Allensbach Institute on behalf of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, as reported by APE-MPE, the difference between the SPD and the Christian Union (CDU / CSU) has now shrunk to one unit.

The SPD loses one point and is at 26%, while the CDU / CSU gains 0.5 and reaches 25%. The Greens also gained half a point to 16%, followed by the Liberal Party (FDP) with 10.5% (+0.5), the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 10% (-1) and the Left with 5% (-1).

A second poll gives the SPD a lead

According to a poll by the Forsa Institute conducted on behalf of the RTL and ntv networks and published today (24/9), the SPD remains at 25%, as at the beginning of the week, while the Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists (CDU / CSU) remain at 22 %.

The Greens (Die Gruenen) with 17% and the Left with 6% maintain the same percentages as the poll of the two networks which was published earlier this week. The Liberal Party (FDP) gains one percentage point to 12%. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) loses a percentage point and drops to 10%.

As for the chancellor’s preference, the SPD candidate Olaf Solts and Christian Democrat and Christian Socialist (CDU / CSU) Chancellor Armin Lassett lose by one point each compared to the poll earlier this week.

So Soltz would be elected chancellor with 28% in the theoretical case of direct election of chancellor, and Armin Lasset would receive 13%. Analena Berbock, the Greens’ candidate for chancellor, would receive 16%.